Gaza hospital says newborn saved from dead mother's womb

Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: A Gaza hospital said Saturday it saved a baby boy from his mother s womb after she died from wounds sustained in...

Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: A Gaza hospital said Saturday it saved a baby boy from his mother's womb after she died from wounds sustained in an Israeli strike.

Ola Adnan Harb al-Kurd, who was nine months pregnant, barely survived a punishing night of missile strikes that rescue services across the Hamas-run territory said killed more than 24 people, including six members of the same family.

But by the time Kurd reached Al-Awda Hospital, she was "almost dead", according to surgeon Akram Hussein.

Doctors were unable to save the mother, but performed an ultrasound that detected the baby's heartbeat.